The 7 most expensive trading cards ever sold, from Pikachu to Michael Jordan

When Logan Paul’s PSA 10 1998 Japanese Promo Pikachu Illustrator sold for $16.49 million on Feb. 16, it did more than set a new Pokémon record. It reset the record books across the entire trading card marketplace. For generations, the highest prices belonged to baseball’s oldest and rarest cards, featuring legends like Honus Wagner or Mickey Mantle. More recently, basketball icons like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant were featured on the hobby’s biggest chase cards. But now, a little electric mouse had defeated them all.